巴彦淖尔市第一中学2020学年第一学期期中考试高二年级 英语试卷本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考试时间为120分钟，卷面总分为150分。考生作答时，将答案涂在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How is the weather now ?A. Cloudy. B Rainy. C Windy.2. What does the woman mean ?A. Sally is always lying . B. Sally has a bad memory . C. Sally will come on time .3. What are two speakers talking about ?A. Where to live . B. How to go to work . C. What to do with the traffic.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In the womans house . C. In the mans house .5. When will the two speakers meet ?A. At 5:30 . B . At 6:30 . C. At 7:00.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why does the woman feel sorry for the man ?A. She refused his invitation . B. She didnt meet him on time .C. She forgot to help him with his apartment .7. What do we know about Susans old apartment ?A. It has two bedrooms . B. Its on 1312 Rose Avenue .C. Its rent is $1,000 a month .听第7段材料，回答8、9题。8. Why didnt the woman write back to the man ?A. She hasnt checked her mailbox yet .B. She didnt receive the mans e-mail .C. She has been busy all the morning .9. When will the two speakers meet ?A . At 10am . B. At lunch time C. At 2 pm .听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is the man in Hainan?A. To attend an exhibition. B. To go on holiday . C. To visit his friends .11. What does the mans room look like ?A . Large and bright . B. Large but dark . C. Small and dark .12. How does the woman solve the mans problem ?A . By calling her manager . B. By returning his money .C. By changing a room for him.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whats the womans major ?A. English . B. International business C. Computer14. How much will the woman get every month at the beginning ?A. About $306 B. About $316 C. About $36015. How long will the woman work a week ?A. 30hours B. 35hours C. 40 hours16. What do we know about the woman ?A. She was a good student at college.B. She will live with other colleague .C. She never took part in English corners .听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How old is Nicholas McMahon ?A. 18months old . B. 4 years old . C. 18years old .18. What lessons does Nicholas have at the West London Institute?A. Computer B. Language C. Drawing19. What did the teacher do when Nicholas went to school at first ?A. They played some games with him .B. They just gave him pictures to color .C. They prepared special lessons for him .20. Which of the following words can best describe Nicholas ?A. Slow B. Strange C. Talented第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑AWhile homework in kindergarten requires coloring and learning the ABCs, the high school homework load has become increasingly difficult and time-consuming.（耗费时间的）I think homework takes a long time to do, Ross Perry, Grade 10, said. It helps you learn sometimes, but not really that much. I stay up until midnight doing homework and sometimes there is no point in even starting to do it. Hallie Rojeski, a junior high teacher, tries not to give her classes homework, hoping not to discourage students. I try to give minimal （最小限度的）homework because students should be playing and taking exercise more than working inside all day. Students usually dont have good study habits when they come into the 7th and 8th grade. I offer a necessary after-school assignment（功课） so they will learn them. Teenagers are encouraged to get 8-9 hours of sleep and participate in sports or physical activity outside school. With 2-3 hours of homework it can be difficult to do everything. Homework takes different amounts of time based on what courses students take. I give my Spanish students little bits of homework, Melody Downie, a Spanish teacher, said. That is about what we learned in class, because for a foreign language you need to do work that reinforces (巩固) what we learn. I hardly give my history class homework. When students do their homework they should be in a quiet area, Hallie Rojeski said. They also need to do work for 30 minutes and then take a 10-minute break because it is hard for students to keep focused for a long time. The University of Michigan found in a recent study that the amount of homework had increased by 51% since 1981. Harris Cooper at Duke University says that students who do small amounts of homework do better on their tests, but when they exceed 60-90 minutes of homework，the test scores fall. Homework is giv